The Circle of Kindness Foundation established in 2021 by the President of Russia’s initiative. Earlier, during the conference “Social Partnership in the interests of children with serious illnesses” in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Alexander Tkachenko, the chairman of the Board of the Foundation, said that the Circle of Kindness was able to provide medicines to almost 5,000 children with severe and orphan diseases.
In Russia, there is currently a tax imposed on the importation of drugs that are intended for the beneficiaries of the “Circle of Kindness” fund, which includes children and young adults under the age of 19 who are suffering from rare diseases and are orphans. This is due to the organization not being included in the list of organizations specified in the “On the Circulation of Medicines” law. Only these specified organizations have the privilege of importing unregistered medicines without VAT for the purpose of providing essential medical care to specific patients.
As it became known earlier, in 2022, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian Federation helped the Circle of Kindness Foundation to reduce the cost of purchasing medicines by 40%.